Self-assembly of supramolecular light-harvesting arrays from symmetric perylene-3,4-dicarboximide trefoils

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1608-1615

  Lefler, Kelly M ^a   Kim, Chul Hoon ^a   Wu, Yi Lin ^a   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy transfer; excimer; exciton coupling; ultrafast spectroscopy; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTRONIC COUPLING; EXCIMERS; EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES; EXCITON COUPLING; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84899834001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500626g     Document Type: Article

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